Tyler Police Arrest Two Suspects in Residential/Auto Burglary

TYLER � Two persons have been arrested following a Tyler burglary. They are identified as Jonathan Daniel Burkett (pictured), 23, from Tyler, and Jeremy Aaron Junkins, 20, from Whitehouse. They are accused of an auto burglary that took place Tuesday morning shortly before 3:15 at 9402 Tipperary. The officers learned from a resident that the victim had a car parked in the driveway that was burglarized. A garage door opener from that car was used to open the victim�s garage, where another vehicle was located. Police say the suspects burglarized that vehicle and left the scene.

Officers with the Tyler Police Department stopped a black Chevy Tahoe, with two persons inside, that leaving the area. Officers say they discovered property from the victim on Tipperary in the vehicle along with several other items of property stolen from other victims. Junkins (pictured on the left)) and Burkett, were arrested and booked into the Smith County Jail on one charge of burglary of a habitation and two charges of auto burglary.